Australia
Whenever trainer Doug Harrison calls on his nephew, champion jockey Craig Williams, there is a good chance they will walk away with a prize. The family connection combines on Saturday at The Valley with Reliabelle (NZ) (Reliable Man) in the Summer Membership Handicap (2500m). As a team, Harrison and Williams
New Zealand
A brief let up after two educational runs in the spring has worked the oracle for promising filly Love Struck who broke through for her maiden success at Rotorua on Friday. The three-year-old daughter of the ill-fated Waikato Stud stallion Sacred Falls had shown plenty of promise
New Zealand
An impressive front-running performance to win on debut by the well-related Massiff Princess at New Plymouth on Friday brought up a significant milestone for trainer Fraser Auret and jockey Johnathan Parkes. Sent forward to dispute the pace by Parkes, Massiff Princess was keen in her work and soon
Breeding
Taroni, an impressive 2YO winner at Ellerslie on Boxing Day in the colours of Cambridge Stud's Brendan and Jo Lindsay, joins Group two-winner Play That Song, stakes performer Ohio Showgirl and Australian-based Disco Lights to give former Haunui Farm stallion Showcasing (GB) (Oasis Dream) four of
Breeding
Group One winner Vanbrugh will be represented by his first crop of yearlings at Karaka in January 2020. A son of champion sire Encosta De Lago, Vanbrugh is the winner of more than $A740,000 and hails from the outstanding Waikato Stud family of Group One winners Diademe and Sacred
New Zealand
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Australia
More than 18 months after signalling her class with a Group Three win, Luvaluva (NZ) (Mastercraftsman) has claimed an overdue victory in the Gr.3 Summer Cup (2000m) at Randwick. Since her triumph in the Adrian Knox Stakes (2000m) as a three-year-old in April 2018, the John Sargent-
Australia
Odeon (NZ) (Zacinto) has broken a winless streak with victory in the Listed Lord Stakes (1700m) at Caulfield. Co-trainer Simon Zahra said Thursday's victory was like winning a Group One race after the gelding had been winless for so long. Odeon's last win came in
New Zealand
What a difference a year makes. Expat New Zealand jockey James McDonald rode True Enough (NZ) (Nom du Jeu) to victory in the Thames Cup (1600m) in January and nearly a year later he reunited with the six-year-old gelding to record a Group One victory in the Cambridge
New Zealand
In what has proved to be a tumultuous and tragic week for Cambridge Stud owners Brendan and Jo Lindsay, the victory of two-year-old filly Taroni (NZ) (Showcasing) and then underrated mare Pretty To Sea (NZ) (Ocean Park) in the Listed Hallmark Stud Handicap (1200m) at Ellerslie has brought
New Zealand
Wingatui trainer Claire Anderton got the Christmas present she wanted this year, it was just a day late. Stable star The Precious One (NZ) (Darci Brahma) had been knocking on the door at stakes level for some time and the five-year-old mare was able to deliver for her
New Zealand
The tag of New Zealand’s best maiden was emphatically stripped from the shoulders of exciting three-year-old Jennifer Eccles (NZ) (Rip Van Winkle) when she stormed past her female age group rivals to take out the Gr.2 SKYCITY Eight Carat Classic (1600m) in the hands of visiting